Walker County Messenger

Drug task force makes a rash of arrests

- From staff reports

Drug task force agents have arrested 19 people on drug charges in the past several weeks, Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson said on April 12.

Agents with the Look out Mountain Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force seized several pounds of methamphet­amine, more than an ounce of powder fentanyl, hundreds of fentanyl pills, powder cocaine, heroin, pounds of marijuana, and hundreds of THC vape cartridges, Wilson said.

Arrested were:

Kayleigh Yates — possession of fentanyl

Francis Bryant — possession of fentanyl

Katelyn Cox — traffickin­g methamphet­amine

Sean King — traffickin­g methamphet­amine

Stanley Lewis — traffickin­g fentanyl, possession of methamphet­amine, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of over an ounce of marijuana, possession of firearm by convicted felon

Shanna Brown — traffickin­g fentanyl, possession of methamphet­amine, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of over an ounce of marijuana

Jonathan Woodard — traffickin­g methamphet­amine

James Woods — traffickin­g methamphet­amine

David Goodman — traffickin­g methamphet­amine

John Lee Petitt — traffickin­g methamphet­amine, possession of methamphet­amine with intent to distribute, possession of methamphet­amine

Anthony Griggs — traffickin­g fentanyl

Ethan Crider — traffickin­g methamphet­amine, possession of methamphet­amine with intent to distribute, possession of methamphet­amine

Jamison Armstrong — traffickin­g methamphet­amine, possession of methamphet­amine with intent to distribute, possession of methamphet­amine

Kara Mayes — traffickin­g methamphet­amine, possession of methamphet­amine with intent to distribute, possession of methamphet­amine

Amber Bryant — traffickin­g methamphet­amine, possession of methamphet­amine with intent to distribute, possession of methamphet­amine

Pasqual London — traffickin­g methamphet­amine, possession of methamphet­amine with intent to distribute, possession of methamphet­amine

Angela Turpeinen — possession of methamphet­amine with intent to distribute

Crystal Randall — traffickin­g methamphet­amine

Several other subjects were arrested in the past month for various different charges and warrants, the sheriff said.

The Lookout Mountain Drug Task Force is a multi-jurisdicti­onal task force made up of the Walker County Sheriff’s Office, Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office, Dade County Sheriff’s Office, LaFayette Police Department, and Trion Police Department.

The Lookout Mountain Drug Task Force was assisted by several agencies: The Walker County Sheriff Office, Chattooga County Sheriff Office, Dade County Sheriff Office, Trion Police Department, LaFayette Police Department, The Department of Community Supervisio­n, Summervill­e Police Department, and Rossville Police Department.

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Steve Wilson

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